Everything2 New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed2016-12-10T05:12:23ZSuperman: American Alien (review)http://everything2.com/user/JD/writeups/Superman%253A+American+AlienJDhttp://everything2.com/user/JD2016-12-09T23:00:06Z2016-12-09T23:00:06Z

Kenny: Man, if I had x-ray vision, all I'd be doing is looking through clothes at nekkid folks. I'd be the worst alien ever.

Pete: Clark's already the worst alien ever.

Clark: Thanks guys.

Pete: So do you...?

Clark: Do I...?

Kenny: ...Use the x-ray vision?

Clark: Okay, yes, Kenny, I have., but I don't anymore.

Pete: 'Cause you're such a "good person"?

Clark: No, because they look weird. People's bodies are all smushed by their clothes and they look--

Another song to raise girls. My sister and I loved the double twist at the end. This is a courting song, to be sung by at least two voices. At music parties, my parents would sing it to each other. We would join in joyfully.

First voice:
I'll give to you a paper of pins
and that's the way our love begins
If you will marry me oh me,
if you will marry me

Second:
I'll not accept your paper of pinsif that's the way your love begins
and I won't marry you oh you
and I won't marry you

I'll give to you a dress of red
all sewn round with golden thread
If you will marry me oh me,
if you will marry me

I'll not accept your dress of red
all sewn round with golden threadand I won't marry you oh you
and I won't marry you

I'll give to you a coach and fourso you can ride from door to door
If you will marry me oh me,
if you will marry me

Netflix makes it possible to show movies that are just, I mean just terrible. But terrible in a good way.

Some of the films that make it there are straight up shovelled out of the horse stall, and some are cheaply obtained imports from overseas. They just paid Dave Chappelle a hefty sum for three comedy specials, and rebroadcasting standup seems to be the "reality show" of on-demand network video providing.

Of course, it also allows for simple weird experimentation.

Weird movies have always existed. They went out of fashion when the goofy drive-in schlock of the 1950s and 1960s gave way to the serious business of 1970s non-studio auteur work, but you've seen one or two here and there. And with the advent of cheaper distribution, vanity projects have cropped up on the Netflix shelf as well.

In the past 48 hours three people have asked me to redo their referral for a colonoscopy. They are changing to local because they can't get the scheduler at the Sacred Big City, in this instance Seattle, to call them back.

Late afternoon in The Shire was bright and peaceful. A cart rattled down a leafy lane, driven by a tanned figure dressed in Grey. The pony snorted and reared up as a young Hobbit stepped out of the trees.

Fears and the Future in Post-Sanity America (essay)http://everything2.com/user/Jet-Poop/writeups/Fears+and+the+Future+in+Post-Sanity+AmericaJet-Poophttp://everything2.com/user/Jet-Poop2016-12-07T18:35:56Z2016-12-07T18:35:56Z

Just after the election, I spent an hour writing up what would happen if Trump happened in comics -- how Superman would deal with him, how Captain America would deal with him, how Batman would deal with him, even how Spider Jerusalem would deal with him. And it felt good. But at some point, I stopped and looked at what I had. And I thought to myself, this isn't a comic book world. We don't have heroes. We won't have anyone to save us. All we have is each other, and that's not necessarily a good thing.

We live in a world where evil always wins and good always loses.

I know I'm prone to hyperbolic panic and to expectations that the end of the world is just around the corner. I read the first chapter of "The Hot Zone," and I was convinced for years that we'd be wiped out by the Ebola virus. I once read an article about electromagnetic pulses, and spent two weeks worrying that EMPs would destroy civilization. I'm prone to these apocalyptic panics, and they never happen. My family and friends…

Make America Great Again (thing)http://everything2.com/user/civilwaractionfigure/writeups/Make+America+Great+Againcivilwaractionfigurehttp://everything2.com/user/civilwaractionfigure2016-12-06T15:02:52Z2016-12-06T15:02:52Z

Your friend Behr has had a very busy year, but not so busy as to fail to remark upon the return of greatness to America via the first free elections held in this fine country since 2004. And now after suffering under eight years of the tyranny and soul destroying reign of Kenyan strongman Obama, we now have a real American hero at the helm who will make America great again.

So, for those of you who are too young to remember the days of freedom, peace, and profits hang on! You probably want to know what to expect and yes change can be scary (although not as scary as when you are home alone and naked and you hear a noise in the hallway but your pants are in the other room). Do not be afraid! Greatness is returning but what to expect was the question I asked before becoming sidetracked by normal pantlessness.

Your friend Behr will group the forthcoming knowledge into sections for greater readability for those who are easily overwhelmed.

Noon: netflix plays in the background, a glass of water half-gone on the bedside table as you pop a few valiums, sitting on the plush comforter of your bed. You pull on a lilac colored dress, turquoise tights - you haven’t learned to dress in a sophisticated manner, you’re not quite 24. Taking the dog for a walk you hear birds singing, your head is muddled, you feel fine.

Unca Bob's point of view (poetry)http://everything2.com/user/syntaxfree/writeups/Unca+Bob%2527s+point+of+viewsyntaxfreehttp://everything2.com/user/syntaxfree2016-12-05T18:30:23Z2016-12-05T18:30:23Z

It's not like I keep a list of girls who find me creepyby the looks of me, anyway, you know what to expect.
and you know you are smoldering hot. Admit it.

Sure, you felt annoy'd when I looked down your sweater
although man, you have to concede that that necklace was trippy
and I mean, it's not like I keep a list of girls who find me creepy.

To think those fluffy stripper heels were modest? Understandable.
Current mores are lax. Weather is fine today, it's sunny
made worse by you being smoldering hot. Admit it.

Your short skirt - it's much well clear it doesn't call for me to grope
but that it keep climbing up and show more thigh, that I hope.
Shit, it's not like I keep a list of girls who find me creepy.

And hey, it's me who doesn't expect you to know my fetish
It's awkward to be this horny, to act so garish.
And it's not like I keep a list of girls who find me creepy
and you know you are smoldering hot. Admit it.

moved on (poetry)http://everything2.com/user/lizardinlaw/writeups/moved+onlizardinlawhttp://everything2.com/user/lizardinlaw2016-12-05T18:18:26Z2016-12-05T18:18:26Z

Reading the formative works in chronological order (thing)http://everything2.com/user/Pandeism+Fish/writeups/Reading+the+formative+works+in+chronological+orderPandeism Fishhttp://everything2.com/user/Pandeism Fish2016-12-05T03:49:31Z2016-12-05T03:49:31Z

An effective way to discover the true tides underscoring the development of all modernly held religiousbelief is to read formative theistic works (and some precedent moral codes and philosophical works) in chronological order.

First, there are fragmentary ancient paeons and moral codes -- the Kesh temple hymn of 2600 BC, hinting at a first god and goddess sowing seeds of life; the Instructions of Shuruppak in the same era, offering tokens of advice from the simple to the profound; and the Code of Urukagina in the 24th Century BC, admonishing the powerful to see to the care of the powerless.

Centuries pass -- who knows what works were writ in that time, and then lost since that time -- and then we find the Epic of Gilgamesh, written around 2100 BC; the Code of Hammurabi, dated to 1754 BC; then the Rig Veda of Hinduism, coming as early as 1700 BC according to scholars (though traditionally claimed to be 6,00…

In this second collection, Darth Vader is a busy man/machine hybrid. He is running his own private investigation into the location and identity of the rebel pilot who blew up the Death Star. Vader has suspicions that he has not shared with the Emperor, and has begun to suspect that he has been misled about a great many things. His plan involves not only his new assistant Doctor Aphra and her murderous droids, but also a team of bounty hunters, both familiar and new. At the same time as this covert…

One of the traditions of NHL all-star voting is the prank candidate, which reached its zenith last year with the fans' election of journeymanenforcerJohn Scott, which unexpectedly turned into the feel-good story of the season. The NHL took small steps to avoid a repeat, but there's still plenty of room for fans to have their way with the results. At this point, no clear consensus pick has emerged, so I'd like to hype my own choice: Stanley CupTM Champion Phil Kessel.

Writer Gillen adroitly captures the feel of the characters, particularly with dialog. You can easily imagine Ian McDiarmid's voice speaking the Emperor's lines and James Earl Jones voicing Vader's. The dialog has a classic trilogy feel but never feels trite or awkward.

Larroca's art is richly detailed: Vader looms menacingly or leaps into the fray; the Emperor lurks and sneers; Droids and…

So I've spent nearly all afternoon between work calls reading, studying, researching, and otherwise speculating on some E2 history. Or more accurately, its oral lore and legends according to the public statements of longtime users. Yes, that's right. I've been combing https://ascorbic.net.

First, some context... I've been around here for a relatively long time. Better than 15 years. I started down this rabbit hole after following a Google link to Adventures in the women's bathroom : A male perspective and from there I was hooked on the neural nature of the soft links, the brash humor, and above all else the content. Content and context are what sunk their claws in to me and kept me around here, and -- the relevant point --> not the more social aspects of the site. I lurked without a username for around 3 years, just READING nodes daily.

Now I don't want to sound like a Judgy McJudgerson here. I probably will anyway though. I've never been very interested…

This is reinforced in the last week by four calls in one day from patients from Clallam County. Now, there is a really big clinic much closer to them. I said this to one of the callers.

"They aren't taking new patients." she says.

I don't believe her. I call the really big clinic. "We are currently not taking new patients." says the receptionist. "We might reopen for new patients in January."

I leave a message for a doctor that I know there. He calls back. "We've had some providers leave, so we've had to spread the patients out. We have three buprenorphine providers, but we are working our way through a wait list." It's not just buprenorphine patients. They are not taking ANY new patients.

Ok. We ramp up and get the folks in. The only other people who take insurance in my county are the hospital clinics: they are refusing to take Clallam County patients.…

Wow, Iron Noder 9 was intense. I was at work doing the mountains of paper and checked in as we were 20 minutes from the end of the month.... watching mauler and Dustyblue and Estelore come in just under the wire!!! Bravo everyone who participated whether they posted 30 writeups or not!!!

I feel ironed. Now I have to go to the ABFM and pay their evil hides money to do the required continuing medical education. I gots a certain amount due by January 1. I do usually get something out of it besides the wanting to hit myself in the head with a brick over and over.

My children confirm that if there were stocking presents, socks and chocolate are the only acceptable things. I am ok with that as long as MY stocking has some stupid plastic toys and a finger puppet. My mom always stuck some sort of doll in the top of my sister's and my stockings. I morphed that tradition to finger puppets. Last year I got lifetime guaranteed socks so the…

The premise of the show is quite simple. In an alternate universe, the Earth as we know it has some kind of connection with another place - be it another country or another dimension. Be that as it may, the place is called Zephyria, and it is the literal embodiment of every Boris Vallejo/Heavy Metalsword and sorcery genre. Right down to the 1980s metal album hues of purples and reds with muscled barbarians fighting weird monsters. Zephyria is a cartoon world - literally. Using the same premise as Who Killed Roger Rabbit? and Cool World, humans and animated characters co-exist.

Juxtaposing the mundane, suburban world of Earth on one side and the (very rarely seen) animated world of Zephyria allows for a lot of commentary about identity, which has become the real issue in the late 2010s - without offending any particular human culture.

While Bloom's is ranked in six categories, lowest to highest, remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating, the DOK streamlines these into four categories: recall/reproduction, skill/concept, strategic thinking, and extended thinking. While the difference may seem inconsequential, the DOK tends to allow for more overlap in its categorization to account for higher order and lower order tasks that use the same methods. For instance; identifying the transitions in a paragraph is not particularly rigorous. Identifying the kinds of rhetorical devices used in a political campaign speech and the effect they have would be more complex. Both involve "Identification" but at different levels. Likewise,…

Wow, what a month. Well I avoided the awful poetry but at what cost? Eh, whatever. Dignity is for chumps. The only thing that matters is meeting artificial goal for artificial prizes. Am I right? Course I am. If I wasn't then Western Civilization would be a farce and that can't be right.

I learned a lot. I haven't gotten any better about procrastination since last year but I think my out put may have increased. I still have the attention span of coked up chipmunk but I may be learning to deal with it. I really shouldn't start writing about a subject even if I really enjoy it unless I have a clear idea where I'm going with it since it's likely to mushroom into something unmanageably long. Cookie Clicker is pretty addicting. Stuff like that.

To everyone that my lack luster performance at the end of this let down, I'd just like to say, you're not my mom, get off my case.

Lists of collective nouns for groups of animals (AKA 'terms of venery') are very popular among wordnerds, and many thousands of webpages and books have published ever-expanding lists of poetic words for mundane animals. I find these somewhat annoying, as the sole criteria for a word appearing on these lists is "someone thought it sounded cool".

This is a fine old tradition, best known to us from Juliana Berners's 1486 publication The Boke of St. Albans, the definitive book on falconry, hunting, and heraldry. She included over a hundred interesting words for groups of animals: a pride of lions, an exaltation of larks, an unkindness of ravens (along with some less popular ones, such as a business of ferrets, a fall of woodcocks, and a shrewdness of apes). We have no idea where she got these, but there is a good probability that they were included because she thought that they were an amusing form of wordplay, not…

Born Prince Hidehito, Go-Momozono was the eldest son of the Emperor Momozono. Deemed too young to take the throne when his father unexpectedly died, so his aunt ascended to the throne as Empress Go-Sakuramachi, becoming the first woman to hold the throne in nearly 1000 years. When Go-Momozono reached the age of twelve, his aunt abdicated in his favor, but Go-Momozono died just eight years later, at the age of just 20. Go-Momozono had no suitable heir, as his two sons had both died in infancy and his daughter was just 10 months old, so from his deathbed he adopted his cousin, who succeeded him as Emperor Kokaku.

光格

Born Prince Tomohito, Kōkaku was the younger son of a collateral branch line of the Imperial family (his great-grandfather had been Emperor Higashiyama). He therefore had no reasonable expectation of ever taking the throne, and had originally planned to take up the tonsure and become a Buddhist monk. However, in 1779, when Kōkaku was just 10 years old, the sonless and dying emperor Go-Momozono hurriedly adopted him on his deathbed.

Kōkaku's reign occurred at a time when the Imperial Court in Kyoto was in almost total eclipse, and real power was held by the Tokugawa shoguns, ruling from Edo (modern-day Tokyo). However, by the turn of the 19th century a series of natural disasters had weakened the shogunate, and during Kōkaku's reign, the Imperial…